The partial solar eclipse is expected to occur from 9:02 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. on Monday, August 21st, with the maximum magnitude occurring at 10:17 a.m. The school has solar eclipse viewing glasses for all students (maximum usage is 3 minutes of continuous time) and many classrooms are doing activities surrounding this event on Monday. Please join us in stressing to your child the importance of not staring directly at the eclipse without eye protection, as doing so may cause long-term damage to the eyes. In order to avoid students being tempted to stare at eclipse, HES students will have indoor morning recess and HMS students will not have a morning break on Monday. Experiencing even a partial eclipse is a rare event and we are preparing for our students to get the most out of this teachable moment.

Our Hickman Elementary School Science Olympiad team came in 7th place out of 27 teams at Saturday's competition. Congratulations to all of our budding scientists! Thanks to all of the students, parents, and Mrs. Reynosa, the Science Olympiad coach, for all of your hard work!

We have just received information from City Hall via Waterford Police Services that the bridge was inspected today and has been deemed safe for reopening. We will need to wait for Stanislaus County workers to remove the barriers which should hopefully be by the end of the day or tomorrow. If the barriers are removed by Monday, the Waterford bus run will resume.

Keep in mind that future river flows may warrant another closure. There is still much snow pack yet to come down the river this spring.

If the barriers are removed by Monday, the Waterford bus run will resume.

We have minimum days on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Dismissal will be at 12:45 p.m. on both days. On Thursday, the HES and HMS school offices will close at 2:00 p.m. Any students left on campus at 1:45 p.m. will be escorted to After Care.There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, December 23rd and SCHOOL RESUMES on Monday, January 9th.Happy Holidays from the Hickman staff!